Questions on 100 Years of Human Rights by Eric Henderson - 11 views

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  #1 Eric Henderson on 04 Dec 11

   

  1) In the timeline, you can notice a pattern. From the 1930s to the 1960s, the general trend was toward positive advancements in human rights, but as you move toward modern-day, those trends seem to point more negatively. Why do you think this is so? And why do you think the author used a timeline rather than just spelling out what the issues were in a well-written article?
  
  2) The rights listed in the timeline are mostly mandated by the government, so how do you think the actual normative rights might fit into this timeline? (at least more toward the modern side?). Finally, do you think that these trends will continue in the same directio, or do you feel that human rights will become a more prominent issue? Why or why not?

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">1) In the timeline, you can notice a pattern. From the 1930s to the 1960s, the general trend was toward positive advancements in human rights, but as you move toward modern-day, those trends seem to point more negatively. Why do you think this is so? And why do you think the author used a timeline rather than just spelling out what the issues were in a well-written article? <br /> <br /> 2) The rights listed in the timeline are mostly mandated by the government, so how do you think the actual normative rights might fit into this timeline? (at least more toward the modern side?). Finally, do you think that these trends will continue in the same directio, or do you feel that human rights will become a more prominent issue? Why or why not?</div>

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  #2 Joshua Gray on 04 Dec 11

   

  I actually don't think that the trend changes all that much in concern with Human Rights. The author chooses to point out more negative policies from conservative presidents that didn't always deal as directly with human rights. Or at least the negative issues they highlight were left out from earlier years and listed during the time periods in which conservative presidents were in office. There seemed to be many good enviornmental and overall good policies after the 1960s such as the IRNF treaty, amnesty to illegals, and a few good( although many bad) Supreme Court rulings. While before the 1960s you had some very bad human rights issues around the world and in the US like the countless protests that ended with violence, the violent and radical racial groups in the US like the KKK and Black Panthers etc. It can be difficult to compare the later 20th century with the early half since a many strong civil rights laws were passed early on, but I don't believe it means human and civil rights movements have deteriorated over time. Many of those things when inacted didn't come into effect for a couple of years and was still opposed by the public at large which slowly changed as you go further through the 20th century. I think the author chose to format it in a timeline because it better illustrates the difference and change over time. In an article it could be difficult for a reader to fully comprehend the amount of time that had passed since.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I actually don't think that the trend changes all that much in concern with Human Rights. The author chooses to point out more negative policies from conservative presidents that didn't always deal as directly with human rights. Or at least the negative issues they highlight were left out from earlier years and listed during the time periods in which conservative presidents were in office. There seemed to be many good enviornmental and overall good policies after the 1960s such as the IRNF treaty, amnesty to illegals, and a few good( although many bad) Supreme Court rulings. While before the 1960s you had some very bad human rights issues around the world and in the US like the countless protests that ended with violence, the violent and radical racial groups in the US like the KKK and Black Panthers etc. It can be difficult to compare the later 20th century with the early half since a many strong civil rights laws were passed early on, but I don't believe it means human and civil rights movements have deteriorated over time. Many of those things when inacted didn't come into effect for a couple of years and was still opposed by the public at large which slowly changed as you go further through the 20th century. I think the author chose to format it in a timeline because it better illustrates the difference and change over time. In an article it could be difficult for a reader to fully comprehend the amount of time that had passed since.</div>

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  #3 Sarah McKee on 05 Dec 11

   

  I don't necessarily know if there was a trend. I more think that there are certain decades where there are more good and some that are mostly bad. Something I found really interesting was that the 1930s had so many good things, usually we think of that as a really negative time, with the Great Depression going on but the timeline gives a lot of positive things. Some years also just don't have as many things going on. Such as in the 90s it seems that there are a lot of negative things happening because there is only one thumbs up but there are a couple things with no thumbs and not as many events as in earlier years. Certain decades such as the 30s and 40s just have way more events happening so even though they have a lot of good things they still have bad things as well. Although the 2000s are a little bleak I will admit. This article was in written in 2007 though. It's been nearly 5 years since this and I would say that many positive things have occured since the article was written. We will have to wait and see how the timeline continues and if we can get some more positive events in our time.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I don't necessarily know if there was a trend. I more think that there are certain decades where there are more good and some that are mostly bad. Something I found really interesting was that the 1930s had so many good things, usually we think of that as a really negative time, with the Great Depression going on but the timeline gives a lot of positive things. Some years also just don't have as many things going on. Such as in the 90s it seems that there are a lot of negative things happening because there is only one thumbs up but there are a couple things with no thumbs and not as many events as in earlier years. Certain decades such as the 30s and 40s just have way more events happening so even though they have a lot of good things they still have bad things as well. Although the 2000s are a little bleak I will admit. This article was in written in 2007 though. It's been nearly 5 years since this and I would say that many positive things have occured since the article was written. We will have to wait and see how the timeline continues and if we can get some more positive events in our time.</div>

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